The family of the late Marine Cpl. Roy Cisneros (pictured) donated his Texas Legislative Medal of Honor to the elementary school in the Edgewood Independent School District that bears his name. File photo

The family of the late Marine Cpl. Roy Cisneros (pictured) donated his Texas Legislative Medal of Honor to the elementary school in the Edgewood Independent School District that bears his name. File photo

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Gov. Rick Perry presents Elvira Cisneros, the mother of Marine Cpl. Roy Cisneros, the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor for her son's service in Vietnam last year. The Cisneros family has donated the medal to Roy Cisneros Elementary School. File photo

Gov. Rick Perry presents Elvira Cisneros, the mother of Marine Cpl. Roy Cisneros, the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor for her son's service in Vietnam last year. The Cisneros family has donated the medal to

The family of the late Marine Cpl. Roy Cisneros donated his Texas Legislative Medal of Honor to the elementary school in the Edgewood Independent School District that bears his name.

The ceremony took place this past Tuesday (after the Southside Reporter went to press). It was attended by the family of Roy Cisneros, as well as District 5 Councilman David Medina, officials from the Edgewood School District and members of the Edgewood District Veterans.

The medal was placed at the school with the other military decorations Roy Cisneros received for his service in the military.

Jim Cisneros, Roy's brother, said it was important to donate the medal to the school to show students and community members the price of freedom.

“This is why we have businesses, jobs, why we have the lives we do, because people like them who make the ultimate sacrifice,” Jim Cisneros said.

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Roy Cisneros died at the age of 19 on Sept. 11, 1968, on Hill 461 in Quang Tri province, Vietnam, protecting his fellow soldiers during a gun battle.

“This medal is to represent all the Edgewood students, not just my brother,” Jim Cisneros said. “I can only hope, in a sense, that this helps Edgewood get more recognition for their sacrifices in the (Vietnam War).”

Roy Cisneros is one of many former Edgewood, Kennedy and Memorial students who died during the Vietnam War. Fifty-three Edgewood district students, including 10 from Edgewood High School's Class of 1967, were killed during the Vietnam War or still are listed as missing in action.

In 2010, the former Cenizo Park Elementary School was re-named Roy Cisneros Elementary School. In September, Gov. Rick Perry presented the Texas Legislature Medal of Honor to Roy Cisneros' family during a ceremony at the school.

The Texas Legislature Medal of Honor is the state's highest military decoration.